LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OmniGuide, Inc., the parent company of Domain Surgical, announced today
the full commercial release of the FMsealer Laparoscopic Shears.
FMsealer is the latest addition to its FMX Ferromagnetic Surgical
System, and is designed to provide fast and reliable vessel sealing in a
variety of laparoscopic procedures, all while maintaining OmniGuide’s
commitment to patient safety.

The FMsealer Laparoscopic Shears are the only vessel sealing instrument
based on ferromagnetic surgical energy. Ferromagnetic technology offers
fast surgical transection and minimal thermal impact to surrounding
tissue, without transmitting electrical current into the patient –
making it possible and safe to operate near metal staples, clips, and
instruments. Only the FMsealer offers distinct activation modes, each
optimized for a different desired tissue interaction. The FMsealer
Laparoscopic Shears are indicated for sealing vessels up to and
including 7 mm in diameter, including lymphatics in both open and
laparoscopic procedures.

Supporting the clinical efficacy of the FMsealer is a peer-reviewed
article entitled “Validation of a Laparoscopic Ferromagnetic
Technology-based Vessel Sealing Device and Comparative Study to
Ultrasonic and Bipolar Laparoscopic Devices” which was published in 2017
in Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. This study
was part of the pre-clinical validation of the FMsealer Laparoscopic
Shears, in which the authors rigorously tested the FMsealer compared to
other leading vessel sealing instruments. The authors summarized the
effectiveness of the FMsealer by saying “Ferromagnetic technology
through a novel ferromagnetic alloy-coated heating element is a highly
effective and efficient technology for thermal sealing and dividing
blood vessels and vascularized tissue.” When describing the FMsealer’s
thermal impact on surrounding tissue, the authors stated, “In histologic
measurements of extent of thermal injury to adjacent tissue, the
FMsealer showed less thermal damage to adjacent vessel walls compared
with ultrasonic energy and equivalent to bipolar.”

A unique attribute common to all FMX surgical instruments, including the
FMsealer, is the absence of electrical current transmitting through the
patient. The authors of the study described above stated, “There is no
electrical energy conducted to the patient… It can be expected to work
across staple lines or in the vicinity of other metallic objects such as
clips, similar to that of ultrasonic technologies but unlike bipolar
technologies.”

OmniGuide, Inc. is a patient safety-focused medical technology
innovator, providing a portfolio of advanced energy surgical tools to
benefit clinicians and their patients alike. The company’s technologies
deliver energy in a precise and electrically silent manner, resulting in
the preservation of healthy tissue.

OmniGuide Surgical, a leader in flexible fiber CO2 laser technology,
offers a range of products designed to enhance surgical accuracy, access
and control for minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopy and
robotic-assisted surgery.

Domain Surgical, by OmniGuide, Inc., provides a patented ferromagnetic
technology designed to provide safety and predictability in select
surgical procedures that require cutting, coagulating and sealing of
tissue.